Hello everyone I just wanted to post up a recent pistol that I bought just yesterday seeing it's been awhile since I have posted anything for quite a while...
A friend of mine about a week ago wanted me to answer a couple questions for him about a pistol that his friend had. He mentioned it was a "9.38" but after seeing the pictures they sent me it was clearly a P.38. I told them all I could think of regarding the gun and his friend thanked me.
Fast forward to a couple days ago my friend again messaged me online saying the owner wanted to sell the pistol. I mentioned that I might be interested...his friend in turn sent me these pics...
From what I could tell in the pics it was a "CYQ" marked P.38 made by Spreewerke and from what someone pointed out on the P.38 forum it was made in Mar. 1945. Although the "Y" on the slide looks more like a "V". There are no import markings and all the numbers appear to match..and I don't believe the pistol has been refinished.
I told the owner I was interested in the gun and we arranged to meet yesterday..inspecting the pistol in person made it look a lot better then it did in the pictures he sent me. After some small talk we agreed on a price and I walked away with this P.38 for $300.
The only catch was it didn't come with a magazine. The seller wasn't sure where it was as he didn't get one when he got the pistol. He also stated that it was given to him by his grandfather..but he doesn't know where his grandfather obtained it from.
After giving the pistol a through cleaning it looks much better in person, very minimal rust with the most bluing loss being on the front strap. Also the barrel is bright and shiny with sharp rifling.
Here are some pics I just took after cleaning it up. Enjoy!
Anyways I think that about covers everything. Sorry if this post seems to be a bit of a long one. I just wanted to share. If anyone reading this knows something about this particular P.38 that I don't please feel free to chime in!
